Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva

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Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva
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Incumbent
Sally Mansfield
since 29 March 2018 (2018-03-29)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style His Excellency
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Bertram Ballard
(as Permanent Delegate)
Formation14 December 1949 [1]
Website Australian Permanent Mission and Consulate-General Geneva, Switzerland

The ambassador and permanent representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, and also as permanent representative of Australia to the Conference on Disarmament .

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The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and has been sent since the establishment of the European Office of the United Nations in Geneva on 14 December 1949. The United Nations Office in Geneva includes the headquarters of various international organisations including the World Health Organization, the United Nations Human Rights Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Labour Organization. From 1949 to 1973 the role was titled 'Permanent Delegate'. Since 1973, Australia's representation to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and its successor the World Trade Organization, have been undertaken by a separate ambassador. From 1983 to 1997 there was a separate Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, but from its establishment in 1979 to 1983 and from 1997 to present it has been held by the present office. [1]

List of office holders

#OfficeholderTitleTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1 Bertram Ballard Permanent Delegate14 December 1949April 19511 year, 3 months [1]
2 Patrick Shaw April 1951August 19532 years, 4 months [2]
3 Ralph Harry August 1953March 19562 years, 7 months [3]
4 Gordon Jockel March 1956February 19592 years, 11 months [4]
5Lawrence ArnottFebruary 1959December 19612 years, 10 months
6 Robert Furlonger December 1961July 19642 years, 7 months [5]
7 Brian Hill July 1964May 19694 years, 10 months [6]
8Harold Maxwell LovedayMay 1969February 19733 years, 9 months [7]
9Laurence CorkeryPermanent RepresentativeFebruary 1973December 19741 year, 10 months
10Owen DavisDecember 1974April 19772 years, 4 months
11 Frederick Blakeney April 1977July 19781 year, 3 months [8]
12 Lloyd Thomson July 1978August 19813 years, 1 month [9]
13 David Sadleir August 1981October 19843 years, 2 months [10]
14Robert RobertsonOctober 1984December 19884 years, 2 months [11]
15 Edward Ronald Walker December 1988January 19934 years, 1 month
16 Penelope Wensley January 1993July 19952 years, 6 months [12]
17Howard BamseyJuly 1995October 19961 year, 3 months [13]
18John CampbellOctober 1996March 19992 years, 5 months
19Les LuckMarch 1999April 20023 years, 1 month [14]
20Michael SmithApril 2002May 20064 years, 1 month [15]
21 Caroline Millar May 2006February 20103 years, 9 months [16]
22 Peter Woolcott February 2010September 20144 years, 7 months [17]
23John QuinnSeptember 201429 March 20183 years, 6 months [18]
24Sally Mansfield29 March 2018Incumbent5 years, 132 days [19]

Permanent representatives to the Conference on Disarmament

#OfficeholderTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1 Richard Butler September 1983January 19895 years, 4 months [1]
2David ReeseJanuary 1989December 19901 year, 11 months
3 Paul O'Sullivan December 1990March 19943 years, 3 months
4Richard StarrMarch 199419972–3 years
Functions assumed by the Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations Office in Geneva

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References

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  2. ↑ "ENVOY TO GENEVA APPOINTED". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate . NSW. 9 March 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 17 June 2015– via National Library of Australia.
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  13. ↑ Evans, Gareth (27 July 1995). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Geneva UN, Ambassador for the Environment". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Downer, Alexander (18 February 1999). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador For Disarmament". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  15. ↑ Downer, Alexander (11 December 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the UN in Geneva". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  16. ↑ Downer, Alexander (21 March 2006). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to the United Nations Geneva". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  17. ↑ Smith, Stephen (12 February 2010). "Diplomatic appointment - Ambassador to the United Nations - Geneva". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  18. ↑ Bishop, Julie (24 August 2014). "Ambassador to United Nations in Geneva". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  19. ↑ Bishop, Julie (29 March 2018). "Ambassador to United Nations in Geneva". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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